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•I have been loosely following my television chef and Vancouver dietitian's, diet, for the better part of the year now.
•Loosely, in that I am following mainly the ingredients suggested in a written meal plan. However, I am not an adventurous chef. I cook better than dog food, but my food is far below the quality of professional French and Italian chefs.
•It is mainly a plant-based diet but also includes, separate from the dietitian's diet, but accepted as okay by her, fish, whole wheat pasta and brown rice. I have never been a large meal eater, or high calorie intake person, but I now only eat beef on social outings. I have been told I am continuing to slim down as I have been mainly for years now. But this plant-based diet seems to work better than any prescription medicines or sleep apnea appliance.
•But alas, I shall never be the pretty, six-pack, man-boy that many evangelical North American and British women, prefer, according to many of those online sermons.
•This is now a similar diet that I followed when I lived in England. But I would eat the grass fed beef with steaks and burgers. They were delicious from the butcher. The beef is typically grain fed in North America.
•The health benefits of grain fed beef and grass fed beef will be debated by many. I have found that overall, my system works better leaving beef for 1-3 times a month, as in social outings.
•Since it is my favourite food, eliminating beef completely would be an overall, psychological negative, but eating more fruits and vegetables and natural peanut butter (protein) seems quite beneficial.
•I had a crazy (I was warned by the office) female student to tutor the other day. I had not met her previously. By God's will, my deduction skills were correct once again (not always). She admitted, I correctly deduced that she was the young woman that was on the toilet with her headphones on the other day, as I had to close up the institution and put the alarm on. She did not respond to most of the building lights being turned off by me. After I left for home, she set the alarm off, attempting to open the front door. The RCMP and office staff were called. When one of the office staff informed me of what I happened by email, I correctly reasoned out the type of person it was, but he did not verify this whatsoever. I reasoned that I checked every room, but not the women's washroom, other than by walking by it and glancing in.
•By the way, when I was working HSBC corporate security, virtually all of us security officers, except 'Those guy' would never check the women's washrooms, against site orders. I reasoned a potential 'perv' charge was not worth it. The entrance to the washroom's was monitored via camera.
•By the way, again, HSBC corporate policy would take a complaint against a security officer or any employee by another employee and keep the name of the person (s) that made the complaint confidential. This would not allow the accused to face the accuser as with the biblical example from Matthew 18, where one is to face a person that has offended him/her with sin. If need be involve the Church.
•Yes, I was wise not to check the women's washrooms...
•In the not surprised but disappointed department: I noticed yesterday that a former commentor on my Blogger websites has Facebook defriended me. I have no definite reason why, I was never informed, but I sensed a coldness from this person over the last few years. This person has a similar terminal degree as mine, but more ministry and less philosophically orientated.
•In line with Matthew 18, if this person had problems with me, as if I might be sinning against him or the Church, for example, with my critical views, I should biblically expect a person to person critique and then be allowed to counter critique. But, that is not the way so often today, even many Christians that should know better are very risk averse. There is a risk aversion to having worldview, theology, views on romantic relationships challenged by friendly discussion.
•To be clear, I do not enjoy confrontation. I dislike 'endless' debating. I am online with my two Blogger websites and my Facebook blog, to learn more in Christ, hopefully assist a few others, and promote my work for continued employment. I find it quite spiritually and intellectually disappointing that when there is a problem, I am not informed, with truth and love, but instead deleted. There are not many deletions!
•For example, in regard to my controversial and critical views on evangelical, Christian dating which I reason are largely worldly and overly market value based; I would gladly take being told I am too old, too ugly, too kingpin, too this and that, in order to get my points in, with a possibility of repentance with certain types of people...
•My view is that these kinds of conversations when guided by the Holy Spirit can shed light where there is darkness. Sin and wrong thinking, including mine, is exposed in the light. (John 3). Too often, in my humble opinion, people in the Church stay in darkness because it is risky to expose views to the light. The evangelical church risks appearing Pharisaical at points.
